2020–21 Raith Rovers F.C. season
# 2020–21 Raith Rovers F.C. season

The 2020–21 season was Raith Rovers' first season back in the second tier of Scottish football after being promoted from Scottish League One at the premature end of the 2019–20 season. Raith Rovers also competed in the League Cup & the Scottish Cup.

## Summary

### Management

Raith were led by manager John McGlynn for the 2020–21 season for his 3rd season at the club.

## Results & fixtures

Win  Draw  Loss  Postponed

## Player statistics

### Squad

    Last updated 15 May 2021

| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Premiership play-offs | Premiership play-offs |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Jamie MacDonald | 34 | 0 | 26+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | SCO | Reghan Tumilty | 37 | 3 | 27+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | SCO | Kieran MacDonald | 29 | 0 | 22+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | SCO | Iain Davidson | 22 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | GNB | Fernandy Mendy | 12 | 1 | 4+3 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | SCO | Kyle Benedictus | 34 | 3 | 25+0 | 3 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | SCO | Daniel Armstrong | 35 | 6 | 23+3 | 6 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 3+0 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | SCO | Regan Hendry | 34 | 4 | 25+0 | 3 | 4+0 | 1 | 1+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | NED | Manny Duku | 28 | 10 | 12+8 | 5 | 4+0 | 5 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | SCO | Lewis Vaughan | 17 | 5 | 7+3 | 2 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 4+0 | 2 |
| 11 - left on 20/10/20 | MF | SCO | Grant Anderson | 3 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 - joined on 27/10/20 | FW | GER | Lars Lokotsch | 7 | 1 | 2+5 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 11 - joined on 29/01/21 | FW | ENG | Timmy Abraham | 8 | 0 | 2+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | SCO | Ross Matthews | 25 | 3 | 15+2 | 3 | 4+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | SCO | Brad Spencer | 31 | 1 | 14+8 | 1 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 3+1 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | ENG | Frankie Musonda | 25 | 3 | 17+4 | 3 | 2+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | SCO | David McKay | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | SCO | Jack Smith | 1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | SCO | Robbie Thomson | 5 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | SCO | Dylan Tait | 31 | 3 | 17+6 | 2 | 3+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 1 | 0+3 | 0 |
| 19 | FW | SCO | Luke Mahady | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | SCO | David McGurn | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | SCO | Kai Kennedy | 19 | 1 | 14+2 | 1 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 1+0 | 0 |
| 22 - joined on 02/10/20 | MF | SCO | Ethan Ross | 15 | 2 | 9+2 | 2 | 3+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 22 - joined on 31/03/21 | DF | SCO | Nathan Cooney | 2 | 0 | 0+2 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | ENG | Gozie Ugwu | 19 | 5 | 9+4 | 3 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 1 | 1+3 | 1 |
| 25 | MF | SCO | Aaron Arnott | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | SCO | Adam King | 13 | 0 | 5+5 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | SCO | Quinn Coulson | 2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | SCO | Kyle Bow | 0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 | 0+0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | SCO | Jamie Gullan | 18 | 4 | 7+5 | 4 | 0+0 | 0 | 2+0 | 0 | 4+0 | 0 |

### Disciplinary record

Includes all competitive matches.

    Last updated May 2021

| Number | Position | Name | Championship | Championship | League Cup | League Cup | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup | Premiership Play-offs | Premiership Play-offs | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | Jamie MacDonald | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | DF | Reghan Tumilty | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Kieran MacDonald | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 4 | DF | Iain Davidson | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 5 | DF | Fernandy Mendy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | Kyle Benedictus | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Daniel Armstrong | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 8 | MF | Regan Hendry | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| 9 | FW | Manny Duku | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | FW | Lewis Vaughan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 11 - left on 20/10/20 | MF | Grant Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 - joined on 27/10/20 | FW | Lars Lokotsch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 - joined on 29/01/21 | FW | Timmy Abraham | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | MF | Ross Matthews | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 13 | MF | Brad Spencer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| 14 | DF | Frankie Musonda | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | DF | David McKay | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | FW | Jack Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | GK | Robbie Thomson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | MF | Dylan Tait | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 |
| 19 | FW | Luke Mahady | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | GK | David McGurn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | MF | Kai Kennedy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 - joined on 02/10/20 | MF | Ethan Ross | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 - joined on 31/03/21 | DF | Nathan Cooney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | FW | Gozie Ugwu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | MF | Aaron Arnott | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | MF | Adam King | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Quinn Coulson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | GK | Kyle Bow | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | FW | Jamie Gullan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 |

## Team statistics

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion, qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heart of Midlothian (C, P) | 27 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 63 | 24 | +39 | 57 | Promotion to the Premiership |
| 2 | Dundee (O, P) | 27 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 49 | 40 | +9 | 45 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off semi-final |
| 3 | Raith Rovers | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 43 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 4 | Dunfermline Athletic | 27 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 38 | 34 | +4 | 39 | Qualification for the Premiership play-off quarter-final |
| 5 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 27 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 36 | 31 | +5 | 36 | |

### League Cup table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | PW | PL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | HOM | RAI | ICT | EFI | COW |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Heart of Midlothian | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 12 | Qualification for the Second round | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | — | — |
| 2 | Raith Rovers | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | | — | — | p3–3 | 2–1 | — |
| 3 | Inverness Caledonian Thistle | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | | — | — | — | 1–0 | p0–0 |
| 4 | East Fife | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 | | 2–3 | — | — | — | 2–0 |
| 5 | Cowdenbeath | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | — | — |

### Management statistics

    Last updated on 15 May 2021

| Name | From | To | P | W | D | L | Win% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| John McGlynn | 25 September 2018 | | 37 | 18 | 8 | 11 | 048.65 |
